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experiment

[ik-sper-uh-muhnt, ek-sper-uh-ment] / ɪkˈspɛr ə mənt, ɛkˈspɛr əˌmɛnt /




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But Canaves said that that, even if consumers move on to new styles, the biggest companies in the industry still have the size, and thus the financial cushion, to experiment.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Sixty-one years after the VRA was signed, the county the march passed through is now the site of a live experiment in how much of that law’s actual protection survives Callais.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

In an experiment in late 2024, Apple began providing users AI-generated news roundups.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

In Dudamel’s early days, especially when he was learning repertory, he would constantly experiment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Jack will be home soon, too, and he can check if I’m doing the experiment the right way.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

But most of Medicare’s payment experiments have failed, so private insurers and employers should test outcome-based models of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Aston, who dreams of working for SpaceX, even led children in experiments to measure lux levels and temperature during the partial eclipse.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“We don’t penalize well-designed experiments that fail,” the Kochs write, “because they create knowledge that leads to better decisions in the future.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

In a series of experiments at Duke University, scientists found that the act of measuring an activity reliably reduces enjoyment, making it feel like work.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

This simply is not the case, as experiments quickly showed.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Furthermore, the company has experimented with a new “asset-light” option that allows customers to deploy Nebius’ AI cloud offerings within their own data centers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

In 2017, Danavle and her husband experimented with hydroponic strawberry farming.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Its 2020 debut album, “PDE,” experimented more with the prickly, sad sierreño sound popularized by acts like Eslabon Armado and DannyLux — as well as trap-infused corridos tumbados with a thumping tololoche.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

They have experimented with juice from jagua, a fruit found in Central and South America, and petals from the butterfly pea flower in Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

None of the objects she'd experimented with worked; she had nothing positive to say.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Some bars, Infante noted, are already experimenting with lower-priced cocktails and expanded happy hours after discovering there may simply be a ceiling to what customers will pay for a drink.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

In other words, the new fossil helps us understand a phase preceding the rise of dinosaurs and crocodiles, when their close relatives were still experimenting with different body shapes, postures, and modes of locomotion.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

After IBM’s Deep Blue beat world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, chess began experimenting with a format that allowed human players to consult computer engines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Gillian Anderson was once a young person experimenting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

While the other children play hopscotch in the alley or swim in the canal, Werner sits alone in his upstairs dormer, experimenting with the radio receiver.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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